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ALPINE-CVE-2016-9103

ALPINE-CVE-2016-9103 PUBLISHED CVSS 6 MEDIUM

The v9fs_xattrcreate function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host heap memory information by reading xattribute values before writing to them.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.8qemu2.4.1-r3, 0, 0.10.6-r0
Alpine:v3.10qemu1.6.1-r0, 1.1.0-r2, 1.1.0-r1
Alpine:v3.7qemu2.6.0-r3, 0, 0.10.6-r0
Alpine:v3.9qemu2.0.0-r1, 2.8.1-r0, 2.8.0-r4
Alpine:v3.5qemu1.0-r1, 0.10.6-r0, 0.10.6-r1
Alpine:v3.6qemu0.13.0-r0, 0.14.1-r0, 0

Timeline

  • Dec 9, 2016 CVE Published
  • Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Aug 8, 2026 Distribution Patch
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